Sharon Hofisi (Lead National Researcher) is a lecturer of International Legal Justice and Fundamentals of International Law in the Department of Political and Administrative Studies at the University of Zimbabwe. He specialises in constitutional and administrative justice. His work experience has involved working as a public prosecutor, human rights, and private practice. He is currently doing his doctoral studies at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. His research focuses on how localised transitional justice frameworks such as independent institutions supporting democracy can foster a sustainable culture of human rights in Zimbabwe. He has published articles on elections, international law in refereed journals. He holds an LLB, LLM and MSC in International Relations, all from the University of Zimbabwe. He is a human rights lawyer, a director of Rights Institute Southern Africa and a Canon Collins scholar.
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Patricia Shumba Mavhembu is a Lawyer by proffession. She holds a Bachelor of Laws Honours Degree with the University of Zimbabwe and a Masters in Women’s Law with the same University. She has worked as legal practitioner in private practice and as a Public Prosecutor in Government. She has a passion for research and is currently an aspiring PHD student.
Edknowledge Mandikwaza is a Canon Collins Scholar pursuing Doctoral studies at the Durban University of Technology, South Africa. He is also a practitioner and consultant in alternative dispute resolution (ADR), transitional justice and peace building. His research interests centres on development policy and practice, human rights, governance, grassroots peace building and transitional justice. He graduated with an MSc. in Development Policy, Practice and Process (University of Reading –UK), an MSc. in International Relations and a BSc. (Hons) in Political Science (University of Zimbabwe –ZW). Edknowledge also trained in negotiation, mediation and consensus building with the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and the Institute of Security Studies.
Gerald Kamonera is Legal Practitioner, Notary Public and Conveyancer.